Meaning

Gracious, Elegant, Graceful, Refined

Readings

Radical

隹 — old bird (Kangxi radical #172)

Components

• 牙 — Tusk
• 隹 (radical)

Example sentences

• 彼は、粘土で優雅な壷を形作った。He fashioned an elegant pot out of clay.
• 麿は雅びな家の生まれでおじゃる。I am descended from a graceful family.
• 彼女は優雅な人だとわかった。I found her graceful.

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Not used as a component of other kanji in this set.